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Infant Mortality (Rate per 1,000) – 2010

Data Provided by: Advocates for Children and Youth

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3.2 - 5.0
Frederick	3.2
Montgomery	4.3
Anne Arundel	4.7
Carroll	5.0
5.1 - 7.6
Harford	5.5
Charles	5.6
Wicomico	5.6
Cecil	5.9
Washington	6.2

5.1 - 7.6
Baltimore County	6.7
Allegany	6.8
Howard	6.8
Saint Mary's	7.6
7.7 - 11.0
Prince George's	9.0
Queen Anne's	10.3
Baltimore City	11.0
11.1 - 16.7
Worcester	16.7

Definitions: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants who die before their first birthday per 1,000 live births.

Data Source: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
Maryland Vital Statistics Annual Report 2011, October 2012

Footnotes: LNE (Low Number Event) is a value of 5 or less events and thus is not reported.

Jurisdictional data is available.

Note: Maps use the natural break classification method, which reflects patterns in the data by dividing the map into naturally occurring groups. Using statistical tools, this method determines cut-off points for each group by identifying large gaps in data values.

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Al Passarella, Research Coordinator

ACY's mission is to identify problems, promote policies and programs that improve results for Maryland children in measurable and meaningful ways, and to evaluate the effectiveness of programs and policies for the children of Maryland.

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